In August of the first year of Longhan, the fragrance of osmanthus flowers in western Guizhou was in full bloom and the fragrance of rice fields.

No matter how poor a black Yi is, he is a nobleman and still enjoys privileges.

Qunuo, who was called Bai Yi by the Han people, even if he is richer and richer than Hei Yi, he still belongs to the slave class among the Yi people.

Zimo and Nohe are the ruling tiers, and the rest are ruled.

However, Bai Yi belongs to the one who is well-treated. Among the Yi people, nearly half of them belong to Bai Yi. They can occupy a small amount of land and other property, and even a small amount of Aga and Xiaxi, becoming slave owners. Many Bai Yi even have wealth that exceeds the Hei Yi...

However, Bai Yi still belongs to Hei Yi and Zimo. He has to serve a certain amount of labor for the master every year, and he has to give gifts to the master during the Chinese New Year and holidays, and during wars, he has to bring his own weapons to the army to fight.

Abu Ayi's greatest wish is to become a Quno one day, and that way he can become a free man or even a slave owner.

Aga is also a slave, but its status is higher than that of Jiaxi. Aga is the abbreviation of Aga Atu in Yi language, meaning people inside and outside the master's door. It is also called Anjia Wazi in Chinese. 30% of the Yi people are Aga.

These people are similar to the tenants among the Han people, and have farming land distributed by the slave owner. However, they have no personal freedom and live in a small house next to their master for service at any time. They have no rights, and even have no right to marry or kinship over their children. Their children can be drawn to Xiaxi by their master at any time.

Their status is low, and the master can betray Aga, and the master of Heiyi can even sell the entire Aga family they belong to or the family members.

However, what they are better than Xiaxi is that if they meet a better master, pay a redeem fee and intermarry with Bai Yi, they will have the chance to be promoted to Bai Yi, but very few people can rise from Aga to Bai Yi, which is just a big cake painted by the masters of the Black Yi.

Both wooden barrels were full, and the fish in the rice field had been caught.

Abu Ayi went up the ridge of the field, washed his feet, and then picked up two buckets of fish and walked back.

He walked barefoot on the road, not caring about his shoes, but rather that he had no shoes at all. Only in winter did he have a pair of straw sandals.

The two large buckets of fish were very heavy, but he had long been used to the burden on his shoulders.

A team of Bai Yi ran by the roadside, and these people carried bows and spears on their backs, looking serious.

Abu Ayi heard that the Han people had come to kill. The Han army had occupied Guiyang and killed the An family's Zhumu An position. When he heard the news, his face was heavy, but in fact he was extremely excited.

He was also a Han man, but when he was still in his teens, he was plundered and sold to Shuixi, becoming a Xiaxi. He always did not want the Han army to come over and then change his current destiny.

When An Bangyan, the uncle who was in power, rebelled, he thought he had a chance, but who knew that although the rebellion had been fought for many years, his fate had not changed at all.

He was even a little discouraged and numb.

He seemed to have not seen those Bai Yi who had passed by, and continued to carry two buckets of fish back.

Zewoze River belongs to one of the thirteen Ze Rivers in the Shuixi'an family, which is northwest of Yachi River and north of Shuixiyi. To the south is Zexi River, and between the two streams is the Longchang Jiuyi Dao.

Xihedong is a common word for the southwestern Yi, which generally refers to the location of the Tutu.

Zexi means clan relatives, similar to those of the prefectures and the army of the Song Dynasty. The Shuixian clan was the first Lulu tribe from Xichuan. After occupying the Shuixi area, in order to ensure the long-term rule of the An clan surname in Shuixi, the land was enfeoffed according to patriarchal relations. Each clan occupied a piece of land and formed a fief, which was Zexi, according to the Yi people. Zexi means warehouse.

Because the Xuanwei envoy and the twelve clans each took a piece of land, the central point of each area stationed troops and grain stations, and set up warehouses to collect money and grain. After forming a large warehouse, taxes were levied in this area. As a result, it gradually became an administrative district similar to Ming townships.

There are 48 eyes below the Xi'an clan in the water. There are 120 swearing clothes and 1,200 swearing places at night, just like the land of Ming, the inner and the Jia.

The Thirteen Zexi River in the Shuixi'an clan, the Shuidong Song clan once had the twelve horse heads in Hongbian, the Pu'an chieftain had the twelve camps, the Wudingtu ligament in Yunnan had the 27 horses, and the Xuanwei envoy in Dongli, Yunnan had the same meaning.

The Shuixi'an clan did not have a surname. They originally had no surnames. In the Ming Dynasty, the Ming emperor gave him a surname An, so he used this as the surname An.

Shuixi is the world of the An family. The An family ruled Shuixi for generations, mainly relying on the blood relationship between family branches and clans, and the implementation of the division of Tuji by the patriarchal system, and finally formed the Thirteen Rivers and the nine-sharp and nine-column local officials system.

The thirteen streams in the west of the water are: wood hips, fire, transforming corners, sieve, and sieve nests, and are built to the bottom, with the uniqueness of the majestic place, the flower of mud, the dragon hips, and the six admiration.

Each stream has a local order that manages money, grain and troops.

Zewozexi is the largest among the Thirteenth Zexixi. It has four chief officials and a population of tens of thousands.

The fort village is built against the mountain with stone walls, with official forts and street houses.

Guanbao has a front hall, three floors, upper, middle and lower, backyard and wing rooms on both sides, and walls.

After carrying a load, Abu Ayi walked through Shiban Street to the side door of Guanbao, and went in from there to the kitchen.

In front of the kitchen, several Xiaxi were busy. Some were splitting the ingredient, while others were scrubbing wooden buckets, which was to prepare for pickling fish. To marinate the fish well, you had to use a good wooden bucket. Generally, you had to make a new bucket every year for one bucket of fish to be marinated so that the bucket could be sealed and the fish smelled better.

"Pick it here." said a young Xiaxi woman. She looked less than twenty years old and looked average, but she had the best relationship with Abu Ayi, and was named Shah Ayi.

Unfortunately, he is just a Xiaxi and does not even have the right to marry.

If they are Bai Yi, then they can get married and fall in love freely. According to the customs of the Yi people, when a girl is sixteen, her parents will build a small grass building for her and let her stay alone in the night. Men over twenty can climb up the grass building of their beloved girl at night to talk about love. Once the love is mature, both men and women can get married as long as they obtain the consent of their parents.

It's a pity that they don't have this qualification.

Looking at Shah Ayi who was wrapped around Baotou cloth, Abu Ayi suddenly felt angry for no reason. He no longer wanted to be Abu Ayi. He still remembers his Chinese name, his real name Yang Hu, and his hometown is in Chongqing.

He placed the bucket next to Shah Yai and whispered while everyone was not paying attention, "Come here, I have something to tell you." After that, he put down the bucket and walked aside.

Waiting behind the kitchen for a while, Shah Yi came quietly.

"If you have anything, hurry up. We can't meet and talk in private, otherwise the manager will be whipped when he sees it. Last time you were beaten, your wounds are afraid that they have not healed."

"I don't care about those. I have important news to tell you that a new imperial court was established in the Central Plains, called the Great Han Empire. The Ming Dynasty was gone, and now it is the Great Han." Abu Ayi said to Shah Yi excitedly.

Shah Yi blinked his big eyes, "So what? The Central Plains are hundreds of thousands of miles away from us, and this is the world of Anjia."

"No, I won't know anymore. You don't know yet. The Zhumu'an rank of the Shuixi'an clan has been killed by the Han army. He occupied Guiyang before, but the Han army came, but he did not open the city gate. The Han army captured Guiyang in anger and then killed him."

"Who did you hear say? It's not true, is the An family so powerful?"

"As powerful as a land king, it's nothing compared to the Central Plains." Today, Abu Ayi's heart was always filled with a sense of turmoil.

"Shahyi, let's leave here and follow me. Let's go to the Han army. I am a Han Chinese and they will protect us. Then I can return to my hometown Chongqing. We will farm and weave men and women, and weave husbands will follow us. We will no longer be bullied by the Yi people and will no longer be slaves!"

As he said that, Abu Ayi reached out and held Shah Ayi's hands. The hands became rough and full of calluses due to years of hard work. But holding these hands made Abu Ayi feel full of passion, and he felt that he had more courage.

"I'll listen to you." Shah Yi finally plucked up the courage and nodded to Abu, the eldest brother who often helps her take care of her and loves her. (To be continued.)
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